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Asked for male, 46 years old from Navi Mumbai
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Dear lybrate-user,
Many psychiatrists are trained in addiction medicines. It is better that you consult one of them.
First 1-2 weeks, focus will be on assessment or body health, motivational level, admission to hospital and treatment of withdrawal symptoms.
Then for next 9-12 months, he will be given anti-craving medicines and focus will be on prevention of lapses and relapses.
For Disulfiram, you need to take him into confidence and take his consent. Alcohol disulfiram interacti...more
Many psychiatrists are trained in addiction medicines. It is better that you consult one of them.
First 1-2 weeks, focus will be on assessment or body health, motivational level, admission to hospital and treatment of withdrawal symptoms.
Then for next 9-12 months, he will be given anti-craving medicines and focus will be on prevention of lapses and relapses.
For Disulfiram, you need to take him into confidence and take his consent. Alcohol disulfiram interacti...more
Asked for male, 32 years old from Agra
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Dear Neeraj,
It is nice that you get disulfiram reaction on you face itself. It is a good aversion for you not to drink alcohol. For that benefit only, disulfiram was given originally.
Disulfiram has a long half life - that means, after stopping disulfiram, for it to leave your body it takes time. So it is possible for you to have its reaction, even without disulfiram.
It takes more time to leave your body, if your liver has not improved after stopping alcohol. Disulfiram gets digest...more
It is nice that you get disulfiram reaction on you face itself. It is a good aversion for you not to drink alcohol. For that benefit only, disulfiram was given originally.
Disulfiram has a long half life - that means, after stopping disulfiram, for it to leave your body it takes time. So it is possible for you to have its reaction, even without disulfiram.
It takes more time to leave your body, if your liver has not improved after stopping alcohol. Disulfiram gets digest...more
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Asked for male, 41 years old from Nagpur
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Asked for male, 26 years old from Delhi
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Disulfiram reaction is a medical emergency which needs to be treated in hospital icu set up. Do not try home remedies, and rush to nearest hospital with facilities. Good luck.
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Asked for male, 22 years old from Hyderabad
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Asked for female, 46 years old from Mumbai
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Asked for male, 30 years old from Varanasi
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Your husband may not only require medications but may require him to be in a program which involves understanding the harms and problems associated with alcohol and nicotine use. It involves dealing with the symptoms that he may experience as a result of stopping these substances and giving him enough reasons to quit and to stay quit. Dizone is disulfiram which is prevents one from drinking alcohol because it reacts with alcohol to give unpleasant feelings like increased heart beats, tremors, re...more
Asked for male, 34 years old from Faridabad
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Disulfiram is a good friend. He ask you daily don't take alcohol as disulfiram is with u. For smoking cessation such aversion phenomena is not seen with medicine but many other options available. Like nicotine patch, vernicline tablet, nicotine replacement lozeng.
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